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• Date Posted: 11/04/09

The Constitution: A Documentary and Narrative History by Page Smith (copyright 1978). This edition (copyright 1987) is part of the Library of American History series (no longer in print) from Easton Press. The book is in like new, excellent condition.
Easton Press volumes are among the most beautiful and durable books available today. Each volume is bound in genuine leather with a hubbed spine and accented with 22-karat gold, and printed on acid-neutral paper. The Smyth-sewn pages have gilded edges and are complemented by a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker and distinctive endleaves
From Kirkus Reviews: [The Constitution] is an ambitious and fruitful effort to trace the origins, drafting and subsequent development of the United States Constitution. Smith admirably gathers the many strands of intellectual and political history lying behind the Founding Fathers belief that a nation could be created by a voluntary, written compact based on a science of politics and that such a charter was needed to restrain man’s sinful tendency to abuse power. Discussing key Supreme Court decisions to the 1960s (but stressing the crucial early 19th century), he shows not only how the Constitution has been applied, but how, through the drama of the Court’s proceedings, the document acquired a mythic status as the embodiment of the nation’s essence.
Essential to understanding the history and meaning of the U.S. Constitution, Smith’s gripping masterpiece tells one of the most fascinating and dramatic stories in American history.
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